What the Anthropic AI safety saga is really all about

Anthropic cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei. (Chance Yeh/Getty Images via CNN Newsource_ 

Analysis by Lisa Eadicicco, David Goldman, CNN

Anthropic has reached a familiar crossroads for a growing tech company: how to scale without compromising the principles that set it apart.

The AI company has made safety its guiding principle. It advocated for AI regulation and called for worker protections as AI replaces some human tasks. Anthropic has worked hard to send a specific message to customers: We’re the good guys.